21.  He declined to say how many intercepts had occurred with the Akula submarine, which outside experts say is as hard to locate as American attack subs.

22.  He refused to prepare for an American attack, so unlikely did he consider one.

23.  House members spoke of the importance of an American attack against terrorism.

24.  I cannot be convinced that an American attack will help or bring a solution.

25.  If such a meeting is held, it could serve as a forum for Arab countries to express opposition to the prospect of new American attacks on Iraq.

26.  In Kandahar, the largest city in the arid south, it is not only locals who are thinking about an American attack.

27.  In Pakistan, which borders Afghanistan to the south, influential hardline Muslim preachers condemned the American attack and called for protests.

28.  In contrast to previous standoffs, Annan appeared unwilling to heed appeals from European, Arab and African nations to intervene diplomatically to avert an American attack.

29.  In the quarterfinals against the Americans Thursday, Jones will be charged with disrupting the American attack.

30.  Islamic fundamentalist movements in the region have grown stronger and are likely to stir up opposition to governments that support an American attack on Iraq.